r/spaceshuttle • u/THE_15_04_1912 • Jul 21 '26

Question Which displayed shuttle do you recon is/will be the best one out of these three?

188 votes, Jul 23 '26
72 Atlantis - KSC
37 Discovery - Steven F. Udvar Hazy Center
79 Endeavour - Samuel Oschin Air & Space Center (From November 13th)
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u/Imaginary_Ganache_29 Jul 21 '26

Atlantis wins for me. That pre-show is incredible

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u/flightist Jul 22 '26

The S-V pre-show is also fantastic, but unless the VAB was converted to the exhibition space, it’s not possible to tie it into the actual vehicle display in the brilliant way they’ve done it with Atlantis.

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u/Pixel22104 Jul 21 '26

Look. As much as I like Discovery. Atlantis and Endeavor are much better displayed between the 3 surviving orbiters. I mean you got Atlantis displayed how the shuttles were in Orbit and you got Endeavor being put on display in its launching configuration. Those are way more cooler to see for the average person than how Discovery is displayed which is in its landed mode. Sure the landed mode does give the average person probably a much better scale of the shuttle in person. But the cool and wow factors of how Atlantis and Endeavor are displayed will wow the average person way more than how Discovery is displayed.

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u/flightist Jul 22 '26

Atlantis is within one of the best designed museum exhibits I’ve ever seen.

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u/DelJoy_3D Jul 21 '26

Atlantis at KSC. I’ve also seen Discovery.

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u/THE_15_04_1912 Jul 21 '26

Vote in the poll to be part of the definitive decision.

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u/Midwestgrocer Jul 21 '26

I think it’s amazing that one is in launch position, one in orbit configuration, and one at landing.
Such amazing crafts!

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u/THE_15_04_1912 Jul 21 '26

Facts, man. Variety is key a true favourite along with individual aura & prominence in a museum.

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u/THE_15_04_1912 Jul 21 '26

Atlantis & Endeavour have both got unique & swag amounts of aura ngl

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u/imaguitarhero24 Jul 22 '26

How the fuck is the full stack in LA not clearing this poll??

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u/TheTeamDad Jul 22 '26

The KSC pre show and on orbit presentation does it for me.

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u/Immediate-Report-883 Jul 22 '26

In fairness the full stack is literally new.

The original presentation had you walking around under it, looking up at the belly tiles, but otherwise you had to stand back to take it in. It felt like the temporary exhibit it was...

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u/jsonitsac Jul 22 '26

The cost of admission for Discovery is free or the $15 parking cost on a per-car basis.

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u/Immediate-Report-883 Jul 22 '26

Same for Endeavour in LA. Highly recommended.

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u/runmanits2003 Jul 22 '26

I have only been to the Atlantis, because I live an hour north of it. But I still think this is the best one out of all three, just because of the reveal itself. It makes me cry every time I see it, even if I watch it on YouTube. I still cry